Improvement in railway-tracks



J. N. FARRAR & J. STONE... RAILWAY TRACK.

No. 108,342. Patented Oct. 18, 1870.

124:1 a f n z I 0| 0 E 9 0 A if E 8% am: invent: fir W m dtlnibed States we dtfljiitr.

JOHN FARRAR, OF PEPPERELL, MASSACHUSETTS, AND J AOOB STONE, OF BELVIDERE, NEW JERSEY.

Letters Patent No. 108,342, dated October 18, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN RAILWAY-TRACKS- The Schedule referred to these Letters Patent and nlak'mg part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that we, J 01am N. FARRAR, of Pepper-ell, in the county of Middlcsex and State of Massachusetts, and JACOB Sronn, 0t Belvidere, in the county of Warren and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and improved Railroad-Track; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in. the art to makean'd use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawingtorming part of this specification, in which-- Figure 1 represents a plan view of our improved railroad track.

Figure 2 is an end view of the same.

Figure 3 is a side View, partly in section, of the same.

Figure-4 is a plan or top view of a modification of the same.

Figure 5' is a side view of a modification of the same.

.Figure 6 is an end view of the same.

Figure 7 is a detail end view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. 7

This invention relates to metal stringers-for railroads, and consists in an improved article which has upwardly-projecting flanges to arrest the cars it they should run off the track.

The invention also consists in combining with this stringer,correspondingly-shaped cross-tics, which lap around the upper flanges thereof and hold them firmly in place The rails A A are secured upon metal plates B B, which constitute our improved stringers.

The plates B form the immediate support of the track and rest upon longitudinal wooden sleepers, or other suitable bed They are of suitablelengths,'and wide enough to project several inches from both sides of the rails.

They may have downward-projecting central ribs,

c, formed thereon.

. Fish-plates, d d, hold the several sections of rails together.

The parallel stringers B3 of one track are. held together by cross-ties, G O, which lap around the innr and outer edges'of the stringers, as is clearly SllOfYl'iifl fig. 2.

The-stringers may at the sides have upward-projecting flanges, e e, which will keep the cars in place even it they should have run 05' the track.

If desired, wooden or other planks, ff, may be interposed between the rails and the stringers, as in figs. 5 and 6, for the purpose of securing greater elasticity and consequent economy of material.

The metal stringers, besides forming asafe support for the track, serve" also to keep the rails clear of grass and to protect the wheels from mud.

The bolts which connect the cross-ties with the stringers pass through oval holes, to permit expansion and contraction.

Having thus described our invention,

\Ve claim as new and desire to secure by Letters.

1. As an article of manufacture, the improved metal stringer B, constructed wide enough to extend beyond both sides of the rail, and having upward flanges c e, to detain the cars if they should run off the track, all as shown in figs. l and 2 of drawing.

2. lhe combination of two parallel stringers,- B e, with the cross-ties (J G, lapping around their upper edges, as and for the purpose described.

' JOHN N. FARRAR.

JACOB STONE. Witnesses:

P. S. Ynrrnn, A. W. PAUL. 

